Enviado: Sex Dez 09, 2005 3:35 pm
20 Granit (SS-N-19) anti-ship missile launch tubes are situated in two groups of ten beneath the foredeck. The missile is believed to have an inertial guidance system, possibly with provision for mid-course guidance in over-the-horizon (OTH) engagements, and active radar terminal guidance.
Mid-course guidance is carried out either by Tu-95 `Bear D' long-range reconnaissance aircraft, or the ship's Ka-25 or Ka-27 helicopters with Big Bulge I/J-band radar. Radar Ocean Surveillance Satellites (RORSAT) may also be used and it is noteworthy that these ships carry `Punch Bowl' satellite communications systems. Targets can also be acquired by ship sensors, with bearing and range data being fed direct into the missile guidance system. Boosters take the missile in a ballistic trajectory which continues when the jet engine begins to operate, until it achieves an altitude of 20,000 m (65,000 ft) when it enters the cruise phase. The active radar seeker then acquires the target and the missile commences a high-angle dive attack. Some reports suggest the missile seeker may include a home-on-jam capability.
Specifications
Length: 10 m (32.8 ft)
Diameter: 85 cm (33.5 in)
Wing span: n/k
Weight: 3,250 kg (7,165 lb)
Speed: Mach 1.6 (some sources state Mach 2 or Mach 2.5)
Range: 10.8-243 n miles (20-450 km)
Guidance: Inertial with command update and active radar terminal guidance
Warheads: 750 kg HE; fuel-air explosive (FAE); nuclear 500 kT (capable but not carried)
Manufacturer/Contractor
NPO Mashinostroyenia Russia.
SA-N-6 (NATO = Grumble) (Russia = Fort/Rif) area defence system
SA-N-6 is designed to provide area cover for a surface task force led by a `Kirov' class battlecruiser, operating in a hostile environment. It is intended to counter multiple attacks by missile-carrying aircraft and by anti-ship missiles launched by both surface ships and submarines. The system, designated Fort, entered service with the Kirov in September 1980.
The S-300PMU missile is powered by a combined booster-sustainer using solid propellant, with an HE fragmentation or optional nuclear warhead, with an active radar seeker. The Kirovs all carry 96 missiles, each of which is mounted vertically in a cylinder, with eight cylinders to a carousel, and twelve carousels under the foredeck, each with its own, square, loading/launching hatch.
Command and control is via the Top Dome system (see p.482).
Specifications
Length: 7.11 m (23.3 ft)
Diameter: 45 cm (17.7 in)
Wing span: 0.9 m (2.95 ft)
Weight: 1,500 kg (3,307 lb)
Speed: Mach 3
Max range: 48.5 n miles (90 km)
Max altitude: 27,432 m (90,000 ft)
Warhead: 90 kg (198 lb)
Guidance: Command and inertial with semi-active radar track-via-missile
Mid-course guidance is carried out either by Tu-95 `Bear D' long-range reconnaissance aircraft, or the ship's Ka-25 or Ka-27 helicopters with Big Bulge I/J-band radar. Radar Ocean Surveillance Satellites (RORSAT) may also be used and it is noteworthy that these ships carry `Punch Bowl' satellite communications systems. Targets can also be acquired by ship sensors, with bearing and range data being fed direct into the missile guidance system. Boosters take the missile in a ballistic trajectory which continues when the jet engine begins to operate, until it achieves an altitude of 20,000 m (65,000 ft) when it enters the cruise phase. The active radar seeker then acquires the target and the missile commences a high-angle dive attack. Some reports suggest the missile seeker may include a home-on-jam capability.
Specifications
Length: 10 m (32.8 ft)
Diameter: 85 cm (33.5 in)
Wing span: n/k
Weight: 3,250 kg (7,165 lb)
Speed: Mach 1.6 (some sources state Mach 2 or Mach 2.5)
Range: 10.8-243 n miles (20-450 km)
Guidance: Inertial with command update and active radar terminal guidance
Warheads: 750 kg HE; fuel-air explosive (FAE); nuclear 500 kT (capable but not carried)
Manufacturer/Contractor
NPO Mashinostroyenia Russia.
SA-N-6 (NATO = Grumble) (Russia = Fort/Rif) area defence system
SA-N-6 is designed to provide area cover for a surface task force led by a `Kirov' class battlecruiser, operating in a hostile environment. It is intended to counter multiple attacks by missile-carrying aircraft and by anti-ship missiles launched by both surface ships and submarines. The system, designated Fort, entered service with the Kirov in September 1980.
The S-300PMU missile is powered by a combined booster-sustainer using solid propellant, with an HE fragmentation or optional nuclear warhead, with an active radar seeker. The Kirovs all carry 96 missiles, each of which is mounted vertically in a cylinder, with eight cylinders to a carousel, and twelve carousels under the foredeck, each with its own, square, loading/launching hatch.
Command and control is via the Top Dome system (see p.482).
Specifications
Length: 7.11 m (23.3 ft)
Diameter: 45 cm (17.7 in)
Wing span: 0.9 m (2.95 ft)
Weight: 1,500 kg (3,307 lb)
Speed: Mach 3
Max range: 48.5 n miles (90 km)
Max altitude: 27,432 m (90,000 ft)
Warhead: 90 kg (198 lb)
Guidance: Command and inertial with semi-active radar track-via-missile
